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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
IOWA.

Judge G. c. Nourse, of Des Moines, was
elected president of the Short-Horn Breed
ers' Association at its recent annual meet
ing in Newton.
The jury at Toledo in the case of Burn
ham, on trial for the murder of man
named Brown, returned a verdict few
days ago of murder in the first degree and
recommended sentence of life imprison-
ment at hard labor
Thomas J. Gwinn, we'll known farmer
living near Nora Springs, dropped dead
from paralysis of the heart the other even
ing
Two breWeries, valued at $500, 900, were
closed the other day at Des Moines by the
authorities. The owners, who had no desire
to contest the matter in the courts, had
asked for a reasonable time in which to
close out their business, and it was believed
that the Prohibitionss would favor grant
ing the request
Amos Allen, farmer, of Plymouth, COM
mitted suicide by hanging the other day.
His wife had been sick for a long time and
business troubles were on his mind.
At turkey shoot the other day near
Mackburg, Madison County, ]. II. Porter,
widely known as "Uncle Jack Porter, was
shot and instantly killed by small boy,
named Charley Lockhart, who was playing
with a shotgun The deceased was sew
enty-twO years old.
Three young men of West Point have re-
Gently been horsewhipped by young ladies
whom they had slandered
Jacob Gumbiner, dry-goods merchant of
Marshalltown failed recently, with liabil-
bilities Of $15, 900; assets, $4,000
The Eastern Iowa Horticulture Associa-
ton lat its recent session in Davenport
elected officers as follows: President, A G.
Williams, of Chester Center; Secretary, c.
W. Burton, of Cedar Rapids; Treasurer, H.
Strohm, of Iowa City.
A fire caused by defective fue destroyed
a Congregational church in De Witt Count V
the other night The Sunday-school
library was partly burned The pastor,
Rev. Chapple, lost a very extensive library
and his sermons preached during the last
ten years,
The oldest student in Iowa is an African,
aged thirty-five years, who is now taking a
course of studies at the Davenport high
school He was born a slave, and up to his
thirteenth year worked on plantation.
Reports from different parts of Johnson
County state that hog cholera is raging
there and hundreds of hogs are falling vic
Tins to it daily
-Four years ago the Jefferson County
voters refused to have the benefits of the
Herd law by 1000 majority, and this year
they adopted it by 400 majority.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
IN THE TOLLS AT LAST.
Newt Vorce, the Colorado Desperad
Captured and Janed-How He Drove


Newt Vorce, the Colorado Desperate,
Captured and JaHed-How He Drove
Settler to His Death.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20-Newt Vorce, the Colo
RADIO desperate, who killed Officer Hollings-
worth and intrenched himself in a dugout,
where he held his pursuers at bay, was
captured yesterday and placed in the jail
at Denver.
DENVER, Col, Dec 20-A man from
Deertrail, Col, gives information that the
outlaw Newt Vorce, who recently killed
Officer Hollingsworth and escaped on last
Friday morning rode to Robin
sons sheep ranch. He was given
shelter, and ranchmen subsequent
ly surrounded tie place and shot
dead man who emerged from the door
wearing Vorce's hat and coat 1t is now
learned that the man killed was herder
whom Vorce had forced at the mouth of
Winchester rifle to put on his clothes and
run. Yorce is still a prisoner in the ranch.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

AN extraordinary case of accidental
shooting by which two men lost their
lives is reported from Ozark County,
Mo- William Requa, a member of a
party on hunting expedition in a re-
mote part of the county, started out by
himself, and when at some distance
from his companions fired at an object
which he took for a deer, but which
proved to be w. H. Guinter, also a
hunter from Wyandotte, Kan. After
the discharge of his gun Requa rushed
forward, aud Guinter, who was still
alive though fatally wounded, fired
upon him, killing him instantly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

THE Official Military Gazette, of St.
Petersburg, publishes an article which
shows that the recent transfer of Rus
sian troops to the western frontier was
defensive rather than an offensive
movement. It,is pointed out that dur
ing the last five years the armies of
both Austria and Germany have been
largely increased, that their garrisons
on the side of Russia have been rein
forced and strengthened, and that an
immense amount of railroad building
has been accomplished in the eastern
provinces of both countries so as to
facilitate the transportation of troops.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

A NOVEL case came up in Buffalo
tN' ~ court the other day, A young
married woman had accused an I'M
married woman of various indiscretions
of u compromising nature, and the lat
ter brought suit for damages. The
husband was arrested and placed in
Jail, it being claimed in New York
State that n husband is supposed to
curb his wife's tongue.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

LAST winter Andrew Robinson, aged
twenty-five years, tramped from Da.
kota to Brainerd, Mimi, and was there
employed by Mrs. Magdolena Schwartz,
rich German widow of forty sum-
mers, to edo chores" about the house.
lie has lately, however, been promoted
from the position of hired man to that
of husband, and is the wealthiest man
in the district
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

MRs., ELISE EssLNGER, matron of
Castle Garden, New York, died re-
Gently By her death the Emigrant
Commissioners lose one of their Oldest
and most faithful employees, and we'll
known figure at Castle Garden. For
over thirtysyears she presided over the
Labor Bureau there. and watched the
Interest of the women and girls who
locked from foreign chimes to the hos
pitable shores of America. Many poor
emigrant girls win remember some
kind act on her part. She was beloved
by all the attaches of the garden, and
her loss will be mourned by many.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Farm Co-operation a Failure,

BRATNERD Mimi, Dec 20-The cooper
ative farm in Crow Wing County is now an
acknowledged failure. After two years of
wrangling every body but a Mr.. Rankin hos
packed up and gone The latest row was
about cooperative saw-mill, which was to
do great things under the management of
one Young, but which never amounted to
any thing. Young says Rankin pocketed
the subscriptions, and Rsnkin denies it
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Danrerous Counterfeits.

New YORK, Dec. 16.-Two-dollar silver
certificates altered to lives have Appeared in
large numbers here, and are said to be more
dangerous than if wholly ccunterfeits The
portraits of General Hancock on the gem
uine bills are SO changed, however, on the
spurious certificates as to make them re-
semble no person known to fame
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

TIE people of the United States an
nuat'y spend the following sums in the
manner described: For missions, S.
100000; public education, $50, 900, 900;
sugar and molasses, $3.50, 900, 600;
boots and shoes, $196, 000, 900; cotton
goods, $210,000, 600; lumber, $685.
Oo0,000i wooden goods, $2S7, 900, 900;
iroa and steel, $29O,0O0,0o0 meat,
$500, 000,00 tobacco. $3.50, 900, 900;
bread. 05,o00,00o; liquors, 5000, 0OO.-
-NNA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

THERE are in New York no less than
500 firms which receive more than
1000 letters day the year round,
more than 100 firms that receive 500
letters, fifty firms that receive between
5000 and 1000 letters and one firm re-
ceiycS an average OF 5000 letters day
the number frequentlyrunning above
lD,0e0 in the busy season.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
MINNESOTA.

Mr.. LAWYER of Fond du Lac, Wis, was
walking on board which was stretched
across wheat bin at Minneapolis the other
morning when it broke, precipitating him
seventy feet breaking his legs and spine
and causing instant death.
Winona has organized an ice rink and
carnival club with a capital stock OF $40
900 to build an ice rink and in connection
with 1T o toboggan slide of one thousand
feet in length.
During the present year $S95, 600 worth
of improvements of all kinds were made at
Winona. Nearly $3.50, 900 was expended
in the erection of manufactures
The Minnesota Valley Medical Association,
which convened at Mankato recently,
elected the following officers: President,
DR.. Charles Berry, New Ulm; Vice-Presi-
dents, Drs. n J. Rowe, Minnesota Lake, W.
R. Cullen, Lake Crystal; Secretary, Dr.. j. ID.
James, ST. Peter; Treasurer, DIR. G. H. Mer-
rift, St Peter.
o. G. Merrill, hardware merchant at
Lake Benton, made an assignment recently.
Poor collections were said to be the cause
The liabilities were about so 600.
The death was recently announced at st.
Paul Of Springer Harbaugh, one Of the two
original ulToCtOrS OIL bue UHloH L dcIlIC LSIL-
way appointed by President Lincoln
AdVices from Duluth say leading logging
films on the St Louis r.ver are making
preparations to build railroads through the
great tract of pine there This action is
taken to avoid the DELAYS of low water and
scarcity of snow. The pine tracts are scarce
ly touched as yet, and nearly 3, 600, 600, 900
feet of timber is standing in the district to
be pierced by the roads.
r. o. Foster, manager during the last sea-
son of the Minneapolis baseball team, has
sold the franchise for the Western League
to WE Gooding, of Minneapolis. for 81, 900.
At meeting of'the officers of the st Paul
Carnival Association the other day the con-
tract for building the ice-palace was given
out The international snow-shoe skating
and other races, heretofore held in Mon
treal, will be held this season during the
two weeks festivities.
The State Dairymen's convention at its
recent session in Minneapolis adopted a
memorial to Congress asking that the man
ufacture of fraudulent butter be prohibited,
or that the manufacturers be compelled to
color their product pink S III Emery was
elected president
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Rntcharx of Innncents.

COLUMBUS Ark, Dec 19-Charles Whit.
sett, half-witted boy aged Is, went out
walking with his young brother, aged g.
and his sister, aged 6. He returned home
alone and informed his mother he had
killed them, showing large knife with
which he had done the deed Investigation
found the boy and girl stretched out in
pools of blood with their heads cut off
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Reason sudden.y Gives Way.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-During per-
Torrance Of Article Al" in the Grand
Opera-House Thursday night, Miss Fannie
Horton, a great granddaughter of John c.
Calhoun, became violently insane during
the scene in which George Duharnel is shot
by Cora. Some years ago Miss Horton fired
several shots at son of Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, and the play is supposed to have
recalled this event to her mind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

AN Indiana man named Wolfe, who
was elected from railway train for
using improper language in the pres
once Of ladies, brought suit against
the company for damages, and the
case was carried to the Supreme
Court of the State, which decided that
the action of the conductor was iusti-
fled by the misbohayiour of the pas
Scnwpr
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
A Grand Jury Sharply Criticised.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 16-Judge Irwin,
of the Indiana Criminal Court, in discharg-
ing the grand jury Thursday made speech
in which he characterized their work as
unsatisfactory and disappointing, mas
much as no effort was made to ferret out
the tally-sheet forgers of last November.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

NINETY-Two years ago girl and a
boy baby were born ont the same day
in South Hanover, Mass. They grew
and thriyod there and in time married.
That was sixty-two years ago. To-day
ahey live right there in the same town
where they have always lived. They
are Mr. and Mrs. Hira Bates.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
win Be Held to Their Contracts

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Fred Pfeffer has writ
ten letter to President Spalding saving he
viii not play with the Chicago Baseball
Club next year GARRISON also does not
want to sign, preferring to play with Bos-
ton Mr. Spalding says they have no griev-
lnce and will play in Chicago or nowhere.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

HERE are three ministers in the
present House of Representatives.
Judge Stewart, of Georgia, and
Cheadle, of Indiana, are ex-preachers,
but the new Congressman from New
Hampshire, Rev. Mr.. Mckinney, has
pcen in the Universalist pulpit during
his Whole active career
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

AT recent entertainment in Phila-
delphia admission was not by ticket
but by vegetable, each person being
required to hand over to the door
Keeper Il potato or some other veg
etabie product. The net proceeds
we're distributed among the poor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Fastest Time on Record

New YORK, Dec. 19-The steamer Etruria,
which reached Queenstown yesterday,
made the fastest east-bound trip on record,
her time from New York to Fastnet being
six days and two hours. The same steamer
has the fastest westward bound record
six days. five hours and forty-four minutes
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

RAFAEL LUNA, after reaching the
uncommon age of ninety-nine years,
Is now enjoying his honeymoon with
Petra Negrete, a young woman of
twenty-five, whom he has lately mar.
1Ied IN Guanaiuato.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
ABRAHAM RrRRANK who diod i

ABRAHAM BURBANK, who died in
Pittsficld, Mass, the other day, worth
$500, 600, was stone and brick mason,
and worked at his trade until few
days before his death, A trowel was
his only possession when he settled in
Pitlslield in 1881.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Aubertin Insane,

PARIS. Dec 19-Aubertin, the man who
attempted to assassinate NJ. Ferry in the
hall of the Chamber of Deputies, was ar
raigned before a magistrate for prelim-
mary examination Saturday While the
examination was progressing the prisoner
was attacked with dementia, and he was re-
moved to mad house
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

New YORK has dedicated new in
stitution, the only one of the kind in
this country, cancer hospital. It's
cost was $3.50, 900, to which Mr. and
Mrs. John Jacob Astor contributed
$3.50. 900
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

Five Men Instantly Killed and Boy In
jured at Tilton, Ga.
Triton, Ga, Dec. 20-At l p. m yester-
dry boiler at Winchester's saw-mill ex-
ploded while all the hands We're around the
furnace doors warming themselves. Five
men were instantly killed and boy was
seriously injured. The killed are: Ellison
BONFIRE, James Walker, William Tannaman,
Ed. Logan and A Hawkins (the last two
colored) The bodies were frightfully mu-
tilated, two being cut entirely in twain.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

New YORK. Dec. 16.-The Herald states
that Tony Hart, the comedian, shows
signs of paresis, the species of brain de-
cay which killed John Mccullough and is
killing BARLEY Campbell MI. Hart has
not appeared ON the stage for some time
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

MAYOR ROBERTSON, of Concord, N.
H, recently vetoed bill increasing
the salary of his Office from $500 to
$1,000, The Board of Aldermen, how
eyer, passed it over his veto.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

A GERMAN tourist has encircled the
globe at a cost of S. day, and the
voyage took l85 days.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

The New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company announces
that it has twenty-five trains heated
successfully by steam.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

A NEW YORKER has been sentenced
to Sing Sing for five years for stealing
an umbrella.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

VIENNA, Dec 20-A correspondence
sheet published in this city asserts that ii
has received a cipher dispatch stating that
another attempt had been made on the life
of the Gar, and that the Gar was wounded.
1t also says that revolutionary movement
has broken out in St Petersburg.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
Lives Lost on a Railroa,, Crossing.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec 20-A buggy in
which were riding Ernest Stone, Dudley
May, Sarah Ramsey and Rosa Woods was
struck yesterday b. the north-bound light
ming express on Chesapeake & Ohio cross
ing east of this city. The men and their
horse were killed and the women mortally
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23
MICHIGAN.


Ezra Thornton and wife, of Worthwhile.
celebrated the fftieth anniversary of their
wedding recently.
A Marquette health officer, who invest-
GATED into the cause of malignant diph-
liberia at st. Joseph's Orphan Asylum hnds
that the germs were brought from Sault
Ste, Marie in the wooden dress of little
girl whose mother died of the disease there
last spring.
The State Unitarian Conference at lis re-
cent session in Jackson elected Rev. heed
Stuart. OF Detroit president
The State Horticultural Society at its re-
cent session in Saginaw elected officers as
follows: President T. T. Lyon, South Ha-
ven; Secretary, Charles ". Garfield, Grand
Rapids: Treasurer, S NJ pearsan, Grand
Rapids Executive Board, E. III. Scott, OF
Ann Arbor and E. C. Reid, of Allegan
A fire at Pittsford, a few days ago de-
stroyed furniture store, jewelry store ana
| tin shop Loss, sic, 600
The ground around the main engine shaft
of the Calumet and Hecla mine caved in
the other day and volumes of smoke and
gas came mp The ground had settled from
| twelve to fifteen feet
The Flint & Pere Marquette railroad has
| acquired Gne PorJ Huron d NoIUu" SSbSIh
narrow-gauge system
| George Beatty, of Detroit, got a license
and preacher recently to marry Miss Lizzie
Doyle, but she fled and married a former
| lover. Thomas Rennng, wealthy lumber
man.
The Northwestern Intercollegiate AlumnB
Association has established fellowship
worth 1850 year in the Michigan Uni
versity, which is open to women graduates
of the colleges OF the Northwest
Nat Krusk. a miner, was caught in a lime
stone crushing machine in the Calumet and
Hecla mine the other day and completely
| torn to pieces
/ J. Wilken's saw-mill at Hastings was de-
stroyed by fire the other night Loss,
| $3, 900; no insurance.
The fifteenth annual session of the State
| Grange met at Lansing recently. Worthy
Master Luce in his address deplored the
state Of the market for agricultural prod
ucts, urged modification of the patent
laws, and denounced the manufacture of
oleomargarine A resolution was adopted
in favor of the Local-Option law, and pledg-
ing the members to secure the prohibition
of the liquor traffic in their several locali-
ties The report of the treasurer showed
balance in the treasury of about $4,000.
Thomas Mars was elected Master.
At Detroit few days ago the wife of Dr.
]. B. Book fled suit for divorce, and the
next day the case was heard i'll private, the
woman, who remained vailed, whispering
her story to the judge, who granted her
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-23

It is reported that vein of emolyb-
denite has been discovered in the ST Croix
Range The only place in the United States
where emolybdenite has been known to
exist is near Reading, Pa. Norway and
Sweden are the only foreign countries IN
which it has been found. I5 is used mostly
by chemists for testing purposes and IL
quoted at six dollars per pound
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-10-30
lou lie PrnctIceI.

A Texas parent had q son who took
piano lessons at Professor ZNribesr's
house. but was supposed to do his prac-
ticiDg on the piano ut home. The parent
had u suspicion that the youth did o
practice much. One day he said:
Tommy, DO You practice regularly
on the piano when l an down town."
EYES. pa"
Every day?"
Eyes. pa"
"How long did you practice yester-
day?''
Two hour"
"And today"
Three hOur."
IL am glod to hear that you practice
; o regularly"
'Ies. pa"
And e time you practice be sure
you unlock the piano. Here is the
key. | locked the piano and put the
key in my pocket II week aSo."-LTexas
SiitiuSS.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-10-30
Thc state TnIVcrsiIy.
TRAVELLER

J.. is supposed by some people in
this State that the University, under its
new management, is To receive quite an
impetus. The people OF Exc Co.
would wish it to become IN efficient in.
sti,ution of learning, and occupy the
prominent place designated for it by its
warmest supporters. But while admir-
lug the energetic steps taken by its
enthusiastic principal. we must express
oar hearty dioapproval OF one or two
actions in regard to il, taken by the
State Board Of Education.
A University is intended to supple
ment the work Of the Public Schools.
But it seems now that tue intention is
to build up the University at the En-
pense Of the Public Schools.
In a recent issue Of the Reno Gazette,
tnat blooming" journal, there was set
forth a sort Of prospectus Of the Uni
versity work. The norma' department
is to be made prominent. 1t il the
design to take in girls, who are far from
completing the ordinary Public School
course, form them into II normal class
cram them for a year or SO, and then,
without requiring them to pass auy
regular examination, invest them with
State life certificates of the first grade,
before they have ever taught n term Of
school. TIE idea is a new one, perfect
ly scandulous, and is sure 10 be n
disastrous measure to the Public Schools
of this State. The eneryating efIcc.
will DO manifold. In at least three
counties in this State, the Suprrinten.
dents are working strenuously for the
improvement Of the schools. They are
raising the grade OF The schools by
raising the standard Of examinations
for teachers. This new measure which
will grant certificates 10 any iuexper-
fenced person who ''wOrthily com.
pIetes" the short normal course at the
University, will efiectually tie the hands
Of the County Superinten1ents, and
virtually destroy their Office. 1t will
food the country. not with experienced
teachers. but with girls hoIu,..g c~e,,iii.
Gates. Think OF a young laly OF
seventeen possessing q Lye certificate Of
the f'H grade, with the privilege of ex.
pcrimenting in any county of the Statel
The fate Of the schools will then be
completely in the hands Of the trustees,
and IL is needless to say they are not
i%nfrequently poorly qualified 70 judge
Of the merits OF O teacher.
When permits to teach nre 10 easily
obtained teachers will fall into disre.
pute, and certificates will be o farce.
II this action is not rescinded by the
State Board, il will prove the most ef-
fcctivc measure towards the oppression
aud debasment Of the Public Schools OF
Nevada ever adopted. or all the un-
wholesome legi station for tue school
system Of Nevada, this will surely be at.
tended with the greatest number %
evils, and will meet the %s.ropgcs, oppo.
sition from all the educators OF the
State who arc noe engaged in "boDm.
ing Reno.
WILLIS R]fcHARpsoS.